BLACK FIRSTS
QUOTES
BLACK PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT
CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
FAMOUS BLACK PEOPLE
BLACK INVENTORS
200
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK GOLF CHAMPION TO TOUR ON THE PROFESSIONAL GOLF ASSOCIATION (PGA) CIRCUIT?
WHO IS TIGER WOODS
200
WHO SAID, "I NEVER RUN MY TRAIN OFF THE TRACK AND NEVER LOST A PASSENGER"?
WHO IS HARRIET TUBMAN
200
WHAT SUPREME COURT DECISION DECREED THAT PUBLIC SCHOLLS SHOULD BE INTEGRATED?
WHAT IS BROWN V. BOARD OF EDUCATION
200
WHOSE REFUSAL TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON A PUBLIC BUS SPARKED A BOYCOTT OF MONTGOMERY, AL BUSES FROM 1955 - 1956?
WHO IS ROSA PARKS
200
WHAT FAMOUS SINGER PLAYED GUITAR FOR LITTLE RICHARD BEFORE STARTING HIS SOLO CAREER?
WHO IS JIMI HENDRIX
200
GERALD A. LAWSON INVENTED WHAT, NOW POPULAR DEVICE, WHICH INCLUDED THE USE OF INTERCHANGEABLE CARTRIDGES?
WHAT IS AN AT HOME GAMING SYSTEM
400
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO SERVE AS THE UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE?
WHO IS COLIN POWELL
400
WHO SAID "THE TIME IS ALWAYS RIGHT TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT"?
WHO IS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
400
WHICH SUPREME COURT CASE STATED THAT SEGREGATION WAS LEGAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL AS LONG AS "FACILITIES WERE EQUAL"?
WHAT IS PLESSY V. FERGUSON
400
U.S. REPRESENTATIVE JOHN ROBERT LEWIS LED HIS CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT THROUGH WHAT ORGANIZATION?
WHAT IS THE STUDENT NONVIOLENT COORDINATING COMMITTEE
400
WHO IS RANKED AS ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING FEMALE ARTISTS OF THE 21ST CENTURY WITH SALES OF OVER 118 MILLION RECORDS?
WHO IS BEYONCE KNOWLES
400
MARIE VAN BRITTAN BROWN INVENTED WHAT SAFETY FEATURE?
WHAT IS A HOME SECURITY SYSTEM
600
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK PERSON TO HAVE HIS LIKENESS PORTRAYED ON A U.S. POSTAGE STAMP?
WHO IS BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
600
WHO SAID "BRINGING THE GIFTS THAT MY ANCESTORS GAVE, I AM THE DREAM AND THE HOPE OF THE SLAVE. I RISE I RISE I RISE."?
WHO IS MAYA ANGELOU
600
WHO WAS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ON THE BALLOT AS A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT?
WHO IS SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
600
WHO WAS KNOWN AS THE NATION OF ISLAM'S MOST EFFECTIVE MINISTER UNTIL HE BROKE FROM THE GROUP IN 1964 AND FORMED HIS OWN GROUP, THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRO-AMERICAN UNITY?
WHO IS MALCOLM X
600
WHO BECAME THE FIRST FEMALE MILLIONAIRE WITH HER REVOLUTIONARY BLACK HAIR PRODUCTS?
WHO IS MADAM C.J. WALKER
600
GARRETT MORGAN INVENTED THE WHAT?
WHAT IS THE TRAFFIC LIGHT
800
WHICH AUTHOR BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO WIN THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE? HINT: HER RESUME INCLUDES "SULA" AND "THE BLUEST EYE"
WHO IS TONI MORRISON
800
WHICH FAMOUS ATHLETE SAID "HATING PEOPLE BECAUSE OF THEIR COLOR IS WRONG. AND IT DOESN'T MATTER WHICH COLOR DOES THE HATING. IT'S JUST PLAIN WRONG."?
WHO IS MUHAMMAD ALI
800
WHAT WAS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE 1944 US SUPREME COURT RULING IN SMITH V. ALLWRIGHT?
WHAT IS THE “WHITE PRIMARY” BAN, WHICH PREVENTED BLACK PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH FROM VOTING
800
WHITNEY YOUNG ADVOCATED CIVIL RIGHTS REFORM THROUGH WHAT ORGANIZATION?
WHAT IS THE NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE
800
SIDNEY POITIER STARRED IN A FAMOUS MOVIE ABOUT AN INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE. WHAT WAS THE NAME OF THE MOVIE?
WHAT IS GUESS WHO’S COMING TO DINNER
800
THOMAS JENNINGS WAS THE FIRST BLACK MAN TO RECEIVE A PATENT IN 1821 FOR INVENTING WHAT?
WHAT IS DRY CLEANING
1000
WHO IS THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE MAJOR PARTY NOMINEE FOR STATE GOVERNOR?
WHO IS STACEY ABRAMS
1000
WHO SAID "I DON'T WANT A BLACK HISTORY MONTH. BLACK HISTORY IS AMERICAN HISTORY."?
WHO IS MORGAN FREEMAN
1000
WHICH BLACK PERSON WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES IN 2008?
WHO IS BARACK OBAMA!!!!!
1000
BY THE TIME THURGOOD MARSHALL REACHED THE AGE OF 40, WHAT NICKNAME HAD HE EARNED FROM THE PRESS?
WHO IS MR. CIVIL RIGHTS
1000
WHO MADE AGRICULTURAL ADVANCEMENTS AND INVENTIONS PERTAINING TO THE USE OF PEANUTS AND WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK PEOPLE ADMITTED INTO THE NATIONAL INVENTORS HALL OF FAME IN 1990?
WHO IS GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
1000
WHO WAS KNOWN FOR INVENTING THE ELECTRET MICROPHONE?
JAMES EDWARD WEST